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Bengaluru: Two people, including a 12-year-old, were electrocuted while trying to drain rainwater that had entered an apartment in the city, police said Tuesday. According to Mico Layout Police, Manmohan Kamath (63), a resident of Madhuvan Apartment in NS Palya near BTM 2nd Stage, had...

Jerusalem: Pakistan should hand over key terrorists Hafiz Saeed, Sajid Mir, and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi to India, just like the US did with one of the masterminds of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, India's Ambassador to Israel JP Singh has said. "When...

New Delhi: The Pahalgam terror attack was directed from across the border, with terrorists in direct communication with masterminds in Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs Monday, according to sources. In a detailed and hard-hitting briefing, Misri laid...

New Delhi: Apple vendor Foxconn has invested USD 1.48 billion or about Rs Rs 12,800 crore in its India unit in the last five days, the company said in a regulatory note. Foxconn has made investment in its Tamil Nadu unit, Yuzhan Technology (India) Private...

New Delhi: In a crucial security and foreign policy briefing, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs was informed that there was no nuclear signalling from Pakistan during the recent military standoff following Operation Sindoor, according to sources familiar with the matter. The committee, chaired...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Monday proposed to ease norms for investments by banks, NBFCs and other regulated entities in Alternate Investment Funds. In December 2023, the central bank had issued guidelines relating to investment by the regulated entities (REs) in Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), with...

Amritsar: The Indian Army Monday showed a demonstration of how Indian air defence systems, including the Akash missile system, saved the holiest shrine of Sikhism, the Golden Temple, here and cities of Punjab from Pakistani missile and drone attacks during Operation Sindoor. The Army also...

New Delhi: The Central government has flagged a widely circulating social media post on blood as false and misleading, warning citizens not to fall for it. The message falsely claims that the government has launched a nationwide “Blood on Call” service accessible via the number...

New Delhi: Government is considering amendments to the laws governing the nuclear power domain, including the sectoral regulator, to allow participation of private sector as India eyes to produce 100 GW atomic energy by 2047. Government sources said amendments were being considered to the Atomic...

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Monday declined to join issue with some Opposition parties, including his own, over the government's choice of MPs from their ranks for all-party delegations to foreign capitals following Operation Sindoor. "I am absolutely not getting into that subject," he...